Hi everyone...!
Here we are with the sixth episode of the story disguised. Well this guy, Sudheeksh knows how to hold his audience...!
Episode6:
“A hug?!” Pradeep exclaimed after
hearing the outing story of Sandesh and Adhya.
“Yeah!!”
Sandesh’s mind was still circling that moment even though they were in crowded
cafeteria. Its effects were still on him.
“Did
you kiss her, then?”
“WHAT?!
No!!”
“You
should’ve, Sandy. You like her, she likes you. It was the perfect moment for
it”
“C’mon,
Pradeep. It was just a casual hug. That too was very quick. It lasted for not
more than two seconds”
“A
hug is a hug. No matter it was for two seconds or two hours”
“Hmmm”
“So,
when’ll you propose her?”
“Propose?!
It’s too early for it, bro”
“Listen,
Sandy. Her actions have clearly shown that she likes you too. But, no girl will
propose a boy, even though her love’s so deep. They’ll be waiting for the
moment when the boy himself expresses his feelings for her. They might act that
they never thought like that in the beginning. But, they’ll accept for sure”
“Ohk”
“So,
take her somewhere and express your feelings for her”
“Take
her where?”
“I
don’t know. You think of it. Some calm place which even she likes”
“Hmmm”
“Don’t
wait for a moment for long, bro. you might never get it. You’ll have to make
that moment happen by yourself, instead”
“Yes,
sir. Whatever you say”
They
took a last sip of their coffee and got up to leave. When they came out,
Pradeep spoke again, “Hey, who’ll you bring for the year end party?”
“Ah,
no one”
“Okay.
Be there as early as possible”
“Sure”
Then,
there was silence. As far as Sandesh knew, Pradeep would never be silent for a
second. He realized something’s bothering Pradeep. But, he too remained silent,
thinking Pradeep would speak out any moment about his thoughts. After a minute,
Pradeep opened his mouth.
“Sandy?”
“Yeah?”
“You
sure, you guys didn’t kiss?!”
* *
* *
The year-end celebration party was
held at Karnataka exhibition Centre. With vast space and away from the city,
they had arranged a perfect year end party for their employees so that they
forget their work stress at least for a day and enjoy the moment.
Sandesh was waiting for the cab to
travel to the party destination. Cab arrived at 03:30pm. As he got in, Nidhi
greeted him. But, Adhya wasn’t there.
“Where’s
Adhya?”
“She
said she’ll come around 6. She has some work it seems”
“Okay”
Adhya
hadn’t replied to any of his messages and hadn’t answered his phone calls from
the previous evening. She was smiling as usual while returning home. Sandesh
wondered what happened to her.
They reached the party
destination at 04:45pm. All credit to Bangalore traffic. Bangalore’s the only
place where distance is measured in time taken to reach that place. No matter,
you’ve the top horse powered engine; you’ll have to crawl like a snail in the
traffic. Well, as they reached, after some security checking, they were handed
with area map of the event site and liquor coupons. Without liquor, any party’s
boring and useless, youth say. The three coupons were given only for name sake.
As the party continues, they would give away tins without any coupons.
Consuming alcohol has become a trend in present generation. If you fill a huge
room with beer and let a present generation youth, by next few hours he
would’ve drank whole of it and would still be licking the floor. There’s no
limit to their needs.
Coming back to the story, Sandesh and
Nidhi went in after collecting all those things. As Nidhi saw Rishab near the
entrance, she ran and jumped over him, hugging and kissing his cheek. Sandesh
smiled watching the crazy couple. He then went searching for Pradeep. He tried
calling Adhya on her phone once again. But, she didn’t answer. He saw Pradeep
near the temporarily setup bar counter, enquiring when would they start giving
away the tins. He was with a blonde. She was holding him by his arm. As he saw
Sandesh, Pradeep waved and rushed toward him.
“Hey,
bro. you look nice”
“Hahha!!
Thanks. You look great too”
“Meet
my darling, Anitha” then, there was mutual exchange of ‘hi’ and fixed smiles.
“Did
you get the coupons?”
“Yes”
“They’ll
start after 7”
“Okay”
Anitha
pulled Pradeep by his arm and whispered something to him. He then turned and
spoke to Sandesh, “Bro, we’ll be around here. So...”
“Yeah,
sure. You guys have fun”
Then,
they vanished. Sandesh was left alone. Everyone was busy with their partner.
Sandesh’s watch showed it was 05:15pm.
“Are
you enjoying the party, Sandesh?” a matured male voice broke his chain of
thoughts. He turned and saw Mr.Ashutosh standing behind him with his wife and
child.
“Yes,
sir. Somewhat”
“Well,
meet my family. This’s my wife, Sahana. And, this cute pie is my daughter,
Prapthi”
“Namasthe”
Sandesh joined his hands in a formal namasthe. And, he came down on his knees
to greet the four year old girl who was standing close to her father, holding
his hand tightly.
“Hello
there”. That little girl gave him a shy smile.
“What’s
your name?”
“Paapti”,
she pronounced her name in her own style.
“Oh!!
That’s such a nice name. Does little Paapti want an ice-cream?” he spoke in a
childish accent. She looked up at her father. Ashutosh smiled and said, “Go on,
baby”. She came towards Sandesh hesitatingly and Sandesh lifted her up in
taking her in his arms. By this sudden moment, that innocent creature’s face
turned pale. She was about to scream. Then, Sahana spoke, pacifying her child
“Oh!
It’s okay, sweetheart. Uncle’s gonna get you a bigg ice-cream and then he’ll
bring you back to mamma, okay?”
That
convinced Prapthi to some extent. Sandesh took her towards the food stalls.
There were never ending rows of stalls with varieties of food. It was enough
for the whole Silicon city residents to hog. Sandesh went near an ice-cream
counter and took a Kulfi-stick, chosen by Prapthi. And then, he took her back
to her parents.
“You
seem to be alone. Why don’t you join us, Sandesh?” Ashutosh asked, noticing
Sandesh roaming alone.
“Sure,
sir. Thank you”
Sandesh
joined them and they walked around for some time. They sat under a tree to rest
for a while and continued to talk. All the way through the conversation,
Ashutosh kept praising Sandesh in front of his wife for his work efficiency and
dedication. Sandesh could say nothing but just smile. When it was 6pm, Sandesh
separated himself from Ashutosh and his family. He hurried towards the entrance
to welcome Adhya. Sandesh was growing restless every minute. He repeatedly
checked time and kept staring at the road.
“Waiting
for someone?” A cute, melodious voice asked from behind. He turned and saw
Adhya standing behind him. She was wearing a dark brown mini-skirt and white
full sleeved shirt. Her hair was left untied as usual which was moving with the
wind dramatically. Her pink, juicy lips displayed a mischievous smile. Her
fragrance hypnotized Sandesh. He kept staring at her without responding to her
question.
